Controlling video playback with keyboard shortcuts in the Rutile player

This article gives an overview of the video playback control with keyboard shortcuts on desktop systems (that is, the Flash based video player).

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut

Function

Space

Starts playing or pauses playback

Left arrow or H

Seeks backward

Right arrow or L

Seeks forward

Downarrow

Decreases the sound volume by 10% of the maximum

Up arrow

Increases the sound volume by 10% of the maximum

M

Mutes or unmutes audio

Tab

Navigates between the control elements in the same order as they are displayed in the player control bar.

The active element is highlighted by a yellow frame (see the example above). Pressing Enter causes the player to activate the selected function, for instance to mute or unmute audio if the mute element is currently selected.